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Re:New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft by lqdc13 on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @05:07PM (#10342408)
The DPI is really a software problem. More DPI should only be better except for battery use.

IMO Touchpads/clickpads on those are a deal breaker. They are so bad that it is almost impossible to be nearly as productive as with a mouse.

On the other hand, Apple really got the clickpad right.

Re:New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft by jakub_g on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @02:44AM (#10344551)
T450 has 130dpi, T550 has 140dpi. It is small but noticeable difference.

It is a software problem that for pragmatic reasons I don't want to get into. Good luck setting non-integer scaling on current operating systems (like 1.25 or 1.50). It's either not supported, or the effect is blurry. It's a different story for retina screens, you set scaling to 2.00 and you're fine. But I was talking about non-retina.

Re:New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft by bluecalm on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @07:59PM (#10343283)
I am surprsied reading those comments. A touchpad on my x250 is fantastic and very customizable. I hate touchpads in general but after customizing it to be very sensitive and proper dead zones (to avoid clicking on accident in areas I often put a part of my hands) even started to like it.

I customized to very low sensitivity and I use only for clicking these days as trackpoint is just much better an interface.

Re:New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft by TurboHaskal on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @09:41AM (#10345910)
Lenovo should simply stop shipping touchpads on their X series.

Anyone that doesn't like the trackpoint can buy a MacBook clone instead.

Re:New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft by rudycrrmm on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @02:34AM (#10344510)
I cant agree. I really dislike the feel of the MacBook touch pads. Besides that they work good